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Table of ContentsNews Analysis TrendsAttaching blade servers to SANsIt should come as no surprise that storage is no longer a stand-alone purchase. In fact, storage is now a consideration in almost every IT acquisition.
CDP survey raises questionsWhen International Data Corp. (IDC) analysts Rhoda Phillips and Natalya Yezhkova started researching continuous data protection (CDP) technology a year ago, they began by categorizing solutions according to whether they were software- or appliance-based.
CIO survey reveals surprisesA survey of 100 Fortune 1000 CIOs in the US, conducted by Citigroup, revealed a number of surprising results on the storage front.
Emulex pushes FC-SATA specEmulex is spearheading a potential standard, recently dubbed “FC-SATA,” that is analogous to Serial Attached SCSI (SAS): Just as SAS subsystems can accommodate both SAS and Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives, FC-SATA arrays would be able to accommodate both Fibre Channel and SATA drives.
Microsoft upgrades SAN, NAS featuresMicrosoft made good on its promise to add enhanced SAN and NAS management capabilities to its Windows Server 2003 operating system last month when it released Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 to its partners.
Software fills forecasting gap in SRMStorage resource management (SRM) tools have become an integral part of managing networked storage environments by bringing visualization, discovery, provisioning, reporting, and a host of other capabilities to the fingertips of storage administrators.
Tape encryption not a security cure-allThanks to a few high-profile incidents of lost backup tapes in 2005, data security has been boiled down to a simple solution by many vendors: tape encryption.
VTLs top users’ priority listA recent end-user survey conducted by TheInfoPro research firm (“Wave 6” of TIP’s semi-annual surveys) shows that virtual tape libraries (VTLs) rank as the top storage networking technology in the plans of many large enterprises.
FeaturesBuilding an information management frameworkAn information management framework (IMF) includes four layers: policy, management, operations, and infrastructure.
Data protection over WANs: SecuritySecurity should be a primary consideration when implementing a WAN-based backup-and-recovery system.
Information lifecycle management, from A to ZPart one in our three-part series on ILM focuses on information assurance, data protection, and the importance of context.
Why users are embracing iSCSI SANsThere are many potential benefits of IP SANs based on iSCSI, but relatively low cost is the primary factor.
Business BriefsSpecial ReportFive interfaces, five vendors, five opinionsWhat’s the relative positioning of Fibre Channel, ATA, Serial ATA (SATA), SCSI, and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) in enterprise applications?
New ProductsFocus on SAS/SATAThe following is a sampling of recent Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) product announcements Focus on: iSCSIHere’s a brief sampling of some of the more-recent iSCSI-related product announcements, ranging from full-blown IP SANs to silicon controllers
EditorialOptions multiply for users and integratorsEnd users and systems/storage integrators are cruising into the New Year with an unprecedented number of choices when it comes to disk drive/array interfaces and drive types: Fibre Channel, parallel SCSI, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), parallel ATA, and Serial ATA (SATA).
Snia On StorageSNIA sets priorities for 2006Primary areas of focus include standards, security, data management, and end-user education.
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